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Elementary Science. Science Focus Lesson SC.4.E.6.2 Rocks and Minerals. Polk County Public Schools. SC.4.E.6.2.

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  1. Elementary Science Science Focus Lesson SC.4.E.6.2 Rocks and Minerals Polk County Public Schools

  2. SC.4.E.6.2 Benchmark: Identify the physical properties of common earth-forming minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color, and recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks. Essential Question: What are some of the common physical properties of minerals? What is the role of minerals in the formation of rocks? Vocabulary: hardness color luster cleavage streak mineral rock

  3. quartz What is a mineral? A mineral is… • A solid material formed by nature in or on Earth’s crust • A material that has a crystal form • A material that has its own set of properties • A material that is not formed by a living thing pyrite talc calcite pyrite mica graphite feldspar

  4. How can we identify minerals? Minerals are identified by their properties. Each mineral has its own set of properties. No two minerals have the same set of properties. Color: A mineral may be one color or different colors Luster: Luster is how a mineral’s surface reflects light. A mineral can be shiny, glassy, dull, or metallic. Hardness: A mineral may be very hard, very soft, or somewhere in the middle. A diamond is the hardest mineral, talc is the softest. Streak: Streak is the color of the mark that a mineral makes when it is scraped on a white tile. Cleavage: Cleavage describes how a mineral breaks. Cleavage means breaking along a smooth, flat surface,

  5. What are some common minerals? Use this identification key to identify minerals with these properties. Click on the Key Mystery Mineral #3 Mystery Mineral #1 Mystery Mineral #2 Luster: Nonmetallic Does scratch glass Color: White Streak: Reddish-Brown Hardness: 7 Cleavage: No Luster: Metallic Does scratch glass Color: Brass Yellow Streak: Black Hardness: 6 Cleavage: No Luster: Non metallic Does NOT scratch glass Color: Green Streak: None Hardness: 1 Cleavage: Yes QUARTZ ! PYRITE ! TALC !

  6. Summarizing Draw this graphic organizer in your science journal. In each bubble, list one property that is used to identify minerals. Properties of Minerals

  7. How are rocks and minerals related? Look at a rock carefully…those tiny grains of various colors that you see are…minerals! Granite consists of quartz (gray), plagioclase feldspar (white) and alkali feldspar (beige) plus dark minerals like biotite and hornblende.

  8. What is a rock? Rocks are mixtures of minerals. Basalt Limestone Marble

  9. Rocks are classified according to how they were formed. Igneous rocks form when magma (melted rock) cools and hardens. Magma that flows onto Earth’s surface is called lava. Obsidian Scoria

  10. Sedimentary rocks form when sediments (bits of rock, shells, and remains of living things) are pressed and cemented together over millions of years. peat coal Breccia

  11. Metamorphic rocks form when rocks have been squeezed and heated deep inside Earth’s crust. Mylonite Gneiss Serpentinite

  12. Summarizing Count off by 3’s Each get a small piece of paper #1 Write igneous #2 Write sedimentary #3 Write metamorphic Mix and mingle-when the teacher calls “time” turn to the person closest to you. Show them your paper and ask them to tell you how that rock type is formed. Repeat with other partner. Mix and mingle 3 more times.

  13. Guided Practice: Talk to your shoulder partner about the answer to each question. Check your work. • Daunte performs several tests on a mineral to help identify it. The picture below shows one of the tests he performed. Which property of the mineral will Daunte be able to identify using this test? • attraction to magnets • streak color • hardness • cleavage

  14. B The answer is Streak is the color of the mark that a mineral makes when it is scraped on a white tile. A mineral always makes the same color mark.

  15. Guided Practice: Talk to your shoulder partner about the answer to each question. Check your work. Lin found an igneous rock with grains of mineral crystal so small that they could not be identified . Where did this rock most likely form? in a glacier in the crust, just below the Earth’s surface on the bottom of a river on the surface of the Earth

  16. D The answer is Igneous rock starts deep beneath the surface of the Earth where temperatures are high enough to melt rock. Sometimes that magma flows out of the ground onto Earth’s surface as lava and cools quickly there, forming igneous rock.

  17. Guided Practice: Talk to your shoulder partner about the answer to each question. Check your work. • Susan tested the properties of an unknown mineral that she found in a parking lot outside a store. Because of what she learned from her tests she turned the mineral back in to the store owner and was rewarded for returning a lost diamond! Which property helped Susan know that this mineral was a diamond? • luster • color • hardness • cleavage

  18. C The answer is Although other minerals might have the same color, luster, or cleavage, a diamond is the hardest mineral. During testing Susan would have discovered that nothing she tried could scratch her mystery mineral.

  19. Summarizing Sort these words into 2 categories: rock or mineral crystal luster hardness igneous metamorphic sedimentary limestone quartz cleavage streak

  20. Check Your Understanding 1 Susanna performs several tests on a mineral to help identify it. The picture shows one of the tests she performed. Which property of the mineral will Susanna be able to identify using this test? • luster • streak color • hardness • cleavage

  21. Check Your Understanding 2. Which of the following is the way that metamorphic rocks form? • compressing and cementing • deposition • squeezing and heating • weathering and erosion

  22. Check Your Understanding 3. On a vacation to Hawaii, Lin picked up some pieces of black rock which was full of holes and felt very light. What type of rock had Lin most likely found? • sedimentary • metamorphic • lava • igneous

  23. Check Your Understanding 4. Igneous rock is formed from magma. It takes extreme heat to turn rock to magma. Where would it be hot enough to melt rock? • in the bottom of a stream • in the Earth’s crust • deep within the Earth • 0n the Earth’s surface

  24. Check Your Answers • C-hardness is tested by scratching • C-metamorphic rock is formed by heating and squeezing (pressure) • D-igneous rock can form on the Earth’s surface from cooled lava • C-deep within the Earth is the only place that is hot enough to melt rock

  25. Summary Question Describe how minerals can be identified by their properties. Write a complete summary, include examples of properties that are used to identify minerals.

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